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idea for the company in their dorm. they found they could make more money sellingtheirusedtextbooksover the internet than back to the school bookstore. >> over the course of that summer, after i graduated, i would get an email saying "your book sold" and i would run to the post office and ship the book and, you know, a few days later i sold another book. >> reporter: last year, better world made about $55 million buying and selling new and used books. the company donated roughly $2 million to literacy programs and to libraries which give better world their unwanted inventories. the public library in evanston, illinois, has netted about $4,600 over the past couple of years for the 20,000 books it discarded. >> these books will end up in the hands of people instead of landfills. so, it's really not for the money, i would say. it's just a couple thousand dollars a year, but it inspires another generation of learners and readers. >> reporter: better world is also making northwest indiana a better place to live. the employee-owned company is providing more than 200 jobs in an area where

idea for the company in their dorm. they found they could make more money selling their used textbooks over the internet than back to the school bookstore. >> over the course of that summer, after i graduated, i would get an email saying "your book sold" and i would run to the post office and ship the book and, you know, a few days later i sold another book. >> reporter: last year, better world made about $55 million buying and selling new and used books. the company...

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, take the item, and you get the receiptbyemail. >>tom: they make it easier to separate a consume frere their money. very easy. that is nightly business report on this friday, december 9th. thank you for joining us. this is the time of year your public television station seeks your support. >> susie: absolutely, support that makes programs like nightly business report possible. >> tom: i'm tom hudson v a great weekend. you too, susie. >> susie: you too, tom. thank you. everyone have a great weekend. we'll see you all again next week "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org d i took it into a shop once and they said-- they thought it was probably worth perhaps £100 but i ought to get it looked at by such as yourself to get a value on it. so you really would like to know the value? well, i think it is for me something that really appeals. this reminds me of when i wake up in the morning, i have a big fig tree in my garden full of birds. but of course i don't see little things l

, take the item, and you get the receipt by email. >> tom: they make it easier to separate a consume frere their money. very easy. that is nightly business report on this friday, december 9th. thank you for joining us. this is the time of year your public television station seeks your support. >> susie: absolutely, support that makes programs like nightly business report possible. >> tom: i'm tom hudson v a great weekend. you too, susie. >> susie: you too, tom. thank...